The Japan Table Tennis League Japan Paint Club lost 1-3 to the Japan Life Club, and it is worth mentioning that this time the aces of the Japan Life Club Hina Hayada and Misei Ito did not participate. The remaining players to participate are Sun Mingyang, Sun Yizhen, and Fan Siqi, who finally defeated the Japanese Paint Club 3-1.
In the first set of the doubles match, Son Ye-jeong/Son Mingyang of Japan Life Club defeated the combination of Saji Shibata/Satsuki Oto 2-1, and the pair was slow to enter the state in the first game and lost 6-11. In the second game, they played a super state and sent the opponent a score of 11-2, and the Shibata Saji combination was a little helpless, and lost the key points 10-12 in the third game.
It can only be said that the overall strength of the two pairs is about the same, it depends on the players' on-the-spot adaptability and ability to seize opportunities. In the singles match of the second set, Satsuki Oto of the Japan Paint Club was reversed by Fan Siqi 1-3. Satsuki Oto is a player who has beaten Miu Hirano, and his overall strength is very strong, and the impact on Japan's main players in recent times is obvious.
In the first game, Satsuki Oto scored 11-9, and Fan Siqi sent the opponent an 11-5 in the second game, successfully disrupting the opponent's offensive rhythm. In the third game, the game became the key to the competition between the two sides, and Satsuki Oto lost the key points 9-11. Fan Siqi won 11-8 in the fourth game and did not give his opponent a chance to turn the tables.
Fan Siqi was defeated by Sun Yingsha in the final of the Table Tennis Super League before, and she showed a wealth of experience in the game against the 19-year-old Satsuki Oto. It was not easy to reverse her opponent, after all, she did not fight against Sakura Yokoi. In the singles match in the third set, the famous player of the Japan Paint Club, Sakura Yokoi, lost 2-3 to Akae Natsuhoi, and the two sides played five games before the winner was decided.
Sakura Yokoi just defeated Miu Hirano yesterday and swept her opponent 3-0. I didn't expect to be defeated by a little-known opponent today, and it seems that the competitiveness of Japanese table tennis players is very good. Yokoi Sakura originally took a big 2-1 lead, but he didn't expect Akae Xia Xing to win two games in a row.
This may be the so-called style of play, sometimes when the score is ahead, as long as there is a situation of underestimating the opponent, the opponent will seize the opportunity to overtake. If Sakura Yokoi wins this set, she will be able to pull back a set and maybe drag the match to a deciding set.
In the fourth set, the chipper of the Japan Paint Club, Hashimoto Honoka defeated Sun Mingyang 3-0, and Hashimoto Sailoka almost defeated Miwa Zhang yesterday, Sun Mingyang was particularly passive in this set, mainly because the connection speed was too slow. Although Hashimoto is a chipper, she has a strong ability to take the initiative to attack, and usually blasts her forehand at Sun Mingyang's forehand position.
Hashimoto Sailoka has a good sense of landing point, and Sun Mingyang can't keep up with the speed of the connection, so he is always behind in the three games to chase points. It would be nice if Hashimoto played the second set of singles, at least the second set would have equalized the aggregate score. Sun Mingyang still has to strengthen his ability to play chipping, after all, the attack power of Japanese table tennis chippers is particularly good.
These national table tennis players who go to participate in the competition frequently play against local players in the Japanese Table Tennis League, and to a certain extent, they have indeed been trained. In the men's club game, the Okayama Club where the national table tennis veteran Yan An was located lost 0-4 to the Shizuoka Club, and he didn't win a single set of the game.
Yan An/Niwa Takaki lost 0-2 to Ryuzaki Toin/Morizono Masataka in the first set of the doubles match, and Yan An/Niwa Takaki have also cooperated many times, which can be regarded as two experienced veterans. Unexpectedly, the first game was lost 4-11 and was disrupted by the opponent, and the second game was directly lost 7-11.
Judging from the process of the game, the combination of Morizono Masataka is younger, the connection speed is fast, and the win is well deserved. Yan An's combination may be a problem of age and physical fitness, and the process of the game is quite passive. In the second set, Okayama FC's veteran Hao Shuai lost 1-3 to Yokotani, and in the first two games, Yokotani won 11-9 and 11-7 respectively, and he already had the victory.
Hao Shuai pulled one back 11-6 in the third game, and then lost the fourth game 8-11. As a veteran in his 40s, it is not easy for Hao Shuai to insist on playing in the professional league, not to mention that this is still playing abroad. So despite the loss, for national table tennis fans, I still hope that this veteran will continue to persevere and create a miracle in his career.
Okayama FC's Yoshiyama Yoshiyama lost 0-3 to Matsushita Daisei in the third set, and Yoshiyama lost 2-11 in the first game, almost without any way to fight back. In the second game, the game finally got used to it, and lost the key points 10-11. In the third game, the general trend of the game was 8-11 and the score was lost again, so that the Shizuoka club led 3-0.
In the fourth set, Yan An lost 0-3 to Morizono Zhengchong, in fact, this game was a battle of honor. Yan An wanted to win the first game, but Morizono Masataka grasped the key points 11-9. Yan An lost his offensive rhythm in the next two games, and Morizono won two consecutive 11-5 victories, so Yan An lost two games in a row.
Although Morizono Masataka is very young and in his early 20s, he has withdrawn from the Japanese table tennis national team, mainly because he is not tall, his competitiveness in the international arena is limited, and his strength is too weak compared to European players. Many Japanese table tennis players choose to return to their home leagues because they can't beat European players, which is also a helpless move.